Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An epidermal scale, as that associated with dandruff.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In pathology, dandruff; scurf; porrigo; in the plural, scales like bran, as of the skin.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Scurf; dandruff.
Etymologies
- From Latin furfur ("bran"), reduplication of *fur, from *gʰur-, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *gʰrus- (compare Lithuanian grū́sti ("to grind (barley)"), Ancient Greek χρως (chrōs, "skin, husk")). (Wiktionary)
- Latin, bran, scales. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Today in the Snell-Pym nursery a.k.a Jeans bedroom Jean asked Mummy for a film so Mummy asked furfur if he could bring some films with him when he came to see us.”
“Mom awlwayz sed tu wear kleen unnerwear in case yor in uh aksident, but ai fink ai taik it wun step furfur.”
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“Dandruff results from inflammation of the scalp as well as from a fungus called Malassezia furfur, formerly called Pityrosporum ovale stellar work by the ad agency that changed that name.”
“= Scurf = — “furfur or furfura” — is a formation depending on the natural and healthy exfoliation of the skin on every part of the body on which hair or down grows, but most extensive and observable on the scalp, on account of the abundance and darker color of the hair there.”
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources
“Among the diseases of the scalp attention is given to alopecia, dandruff (_furfur_), tinea caries and various pustular affections, fanus (favus), rima, spidecia, achora, etc.”
“To a vegetable fungus -- the _microsporon furfur_.”
“It is believed that such cases are variously due to the trichophyton of ringworm, to the microsporon furfur of tinea versicolor, to the microsporon minutissimus of erythrasma, and to other parasites.”
“The meal don't is valuable better than the furfur. '' ”
“_Microsporon furfur_, vegetable parasite of skin 478”
“Sed explicit pourquoi furfur macrum et parvum lac,”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘furfur’.
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phrontistery - f
from phrontistery.info
fustilarian, fusillation, fustian, futurology, fusiform, futurition, fusee, fuscous, fusain, furunculoid, futtock, furibund and 418 more...
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250 Spelling Words
A selected sampling of words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
orecchiette, rhabdomancy, guayabera, orthoepy, opisthenar, maguey, proem, ciabatta, cioppino, banns, concinnity, asthenia and 237 more...
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summer words 2009
how many words can I make mine this summer?
largess, hoyden, catholic, fornicatress, quean, slattern, bildungsroman, sybaritic, descresent, nodus, frittle, callipygian and 529 more...
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O! Timballo
for the same
tea-poy, pooking fork, ait, eyot, quodlibet, milk leg, tussie-mussie, calash, gueules, caitiff, bindery, demi-rep and 224 more...
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Lees
Items of little or no value that are left behind by physical or biological processes other than passing through an alimentary canal. See also Valse's Leftovers and reesetee's Hogwash! for other tak...
lees, dross, dregs, orts, debris, jetsam, flotsam, rubbage, rubbish, trash, refuse, junk and 130 more...
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Isograms
Words with each letter repeated the same number of times. The pattern of repetition is tagged: 1212, 1221, 121122, 122121, 121233, 122133, 123123, 123132, 123213, 123231, 123312, 123321, 12123434, ...
deeded, sestettes, geggee, appeases, caucasus, isis, cancan, intestines, mesosome, palpal, valval, mama and 154 more...
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Demongering
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diablerie, grimoire, ouija, dybbuk, sciomancy, necromancy, cacodemon, fallen angel, choronzon, kokomo, demonology, lilith and 650 more...
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Bombardier Bilby Blows The Cellar
Words that sound much better than cellar door.
drumbledrane, foulmart, muzzle drift, slugplum, spinecabbage, chuffling tigers, bone-eating snot ..., greenchop, filth, gasometer, Piper Alpha, concussor and 49 more...
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demons of the goetia
the demons supposedly identified and bound by the famed Solomon.
shax, furfur, vassago, bael, agares, samigina, valefor, amon, barbatos, paimon, buer, gusion and 49 more...
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Just Words
underbelly, visceral, inflammatory, flagrant, bleared, befouled, decalogue, epigeous, furfur, preternatural, diffident, brackish and 25 more...
Tweets
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dontcry This word reminds me of my late father-in-law. My children called him Far Far, which is "Father's Father" in Swedish.
The picture looks a lot like Rudolph (except for the hands and wings bit)from the Christmas show we watched on tv as children! May 30, 2008
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May 30, 2008